From March 29th to 30th, the 6th annual edition of International Wine Tourism Conference (IWINETC) brings together a unique blend of wine and tourism industry professionals, Giorgi Sigua, Head of the Georgian National Tourism Administration kicks off the event with a...
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Saperavi (Georgia) & Lenoir (Texas) a lot in common?
Years ago a NASA scientist spoke to the Texas Grape industry about how thousands of years ago the land we call Texas was once located near the country of Georgia prior to the earth’s plates separating into the existing continents. Texas is the home of the grape...
Destination Sakartvelo! Wine Tourism Conference to descend on Tbilisi
March 29th and 30th 2014 will see the International Wine Tourism Conference (IWINETC) bring together a unique blend of wine industry professionals from around the world in the 5* star venue Tbilisi Marriot. The event, organized by Wine Pleasures is an interactive and...
Wine Trail Traveler’s Impressions of Georgia (Sakartvelo)
Georgia stands at a precipice for potential wine tourism, on par with Napa, Bordeaux and Toscana. Terry and Kathy have journeyed to, explored and written about over 1,000 wineries and vineyards in North America, Europe and Oceania. As our wine travel experiences...
Discovering Georgia’s Kakheti Wine Region
Georgia’s easternmost region of Kakheti is a land of hospitable, openhearted and straightforward people who live surrounded by rugged mountains, ancient castles, magnificent churches, and drink wine to praise the almighty for each harvest of their nurtured grape...
Rutas del Vino de España Report Wine Tourism Figures 2012
Rutas del Vino España have just published wine tourism figures for 2012. The Wine routes with the greatest number of visits were the Ruta del Vino y el Cava del Penedès Enoturisme Penedès (with 479.499 visits) and the Ruta del Vino and the Brandy from Jerez (with...
Discover Qvevri Tradition in Georgia’s Kakheti Wine Region
Georgia’s easternmost region of Kakheti is a land of hospitable, open hearted and straightforward people who live surrounded by rugged mountains, ancient castles, magnificent churches, and drink wine to praise the almighty for each harvest of their nurtured grape...
Screaming deal for Wine & Travel Bloggers to attend IWINETC Georgia announced!
The 2014 International Wine Tourism Conference will take place March 28 - 29 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Up to 300 wine, culinary and travel professionals and wine and travel social and traditional media professionals will gather from throughout the world to meet, learn, and...
The Great Georgian Feast (Supra)
Supra (literally meaning table-cloth) is very much alive and is found on a daily basis in cities as in villages. Spread out before you, you will find a superb range of meats, cheeses, vegetables more often than not organically produced, and often at high altitude amid...









